Two major eSports players associations are in the works

[Joystiq]

There are two players associations being put together for professional competitors who play Overwatch and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive,

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

reports. The latter will include players in the ESL Pro League and the FACEIT ECS league and is being helmed by eSports broadcaster Scott "SirScoots" Smith and attorney Michael Doi. Smith told Sports Business Journal that the Counter-Strike Professional Players Association (CSPPA) won't be seeking to become a US union since

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

players span the globe but it is looking to sign the over 225 players that participate professionally. "Every day I sign another guy," he said. "I would say 70 or so have signed an official membership document that they are for the players association, are behind the players association, they want to be in the players association."

Via:

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

Console Bang News!